SWITZERLAND: BISHOPS, "FAITH IN GOD THE MAKER IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION" (2)

According to the Bishops, those who wonder "Why does the world exist? Why the evolution?" do not do it "in a scientific spirit, but as persons", and for that reason "they cannot be fully satisfied with a scientific explanation". Hence the amazement "before the immensity of the universe" and the view of a world created by God that is "perfectly compatible with the scientific point of view of a world that has grown over billions of years. It is just because our world is born of God’s Love that we feel it cannot be a static world, one that has been accomplished since the very beginning". Man has the gift "to scientifically analyse the work of Creation, as well as the responsibility for taking care of and preserving it". Preserving Creation – ends the letter – raises "a threefold need: putting limits on resource exploitation and consumption, as well as on the development of technical innovations, renouncing anything that may endanger the future of nature and mankind, and working in economy and politics for a lasting improvement of the living conditions of all men and any other creature".” ” ” ” ” “